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Be aware that some important dates appear on the university's Fall 2003 academic calendar.
This schedule was last modified on November 12, 2003.
| Week of | Sections Covered | Homework exercises |
| Sep 3 -- Sep 5 |
Introduction Appendix A: Intervals, inequalities and absolute values Appendix B: Coordinate geometry Sec. 1.1: Four ways to represent a function Sec. 1.2: Mathematical models |
App A: 2,14,17,33,36,40 App B: 4,12,14,16,20,26,41 1.1: 2,5-8,14,19,24,34,42,54 1.2: 2,3,4,10 |
| Sep 8 -- Sep 12 |
Appendix C: Trigonometry Sec. 1.3: New functions from old functions Sec. 1.5: Exponential functions Sec. 1.6: Inverse functions and logarithms |
App C: 1,3,9,15,29,37 1.3: 3,4,10,14,15,29,36,42,49,52 1.5: 7,8,13,15,18 1.6: 7,8,10,17,20,24,36,47,54,57 |
| Sep 15 -- Sep 19 |
Sec. 2.1: The tangent and velocity problems Sec. 2.2: The limit of a function App. D: Precise definitions of limits |
2.1: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 2.2: 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,13,15,16,17,18 App D: 1,4,8,15 |
| September 22, 8:30-10:00 pm: Early exam | ||
| Sep 22 -- Sep 26 |
Sec. 2.3: Calculating limits using the limit laws Sec. 2.4: Continuity Sec. 2.5: Limits involving infinity |
2.3: 1,2,4,8,10,11,12,14,18,22,23,24,29,30,33,38,43 2.4: 3,4,6,13,16,29,36,45 2.5: 2,3,5,6,7,10,13,14,16,20,23,25,28,29,35,39,42, App D: 20 |
| Sep 29 -- Oct 3 |
Sec. 2.6: Tangents, velocities, and other rates of change Sec. 2.7: Derivatives Sec. 2.8: The derivative as a function |
2.6: 1,2,8,10,13,14,16,18,20,23,24 2.7: 1,2,4,6,14,15,18,19,20,23,28,29,31,35 2.8: 2,4,8,11,12,15,16,20,23,31,32,35,36,48 |
| Oct 6: Yom Kuppur, no class | ||
| Oct 9, 8:30-10:00 pm : First midterm exam | ||
| Oct 7 -- Oct 10 | Sec. 2.9: Linear approximations |
2.9: 2,5,6,9,12,14 Chapter 2 concept check (pg 181): 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,12,16 Chapter 2 true false (pg 181): 1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 Focus on problem solving (pg 185): #8, 11 |
| Oct 13 -- Oct 17 |
Sec. 2.10: What does f' say about f? Sec. 3.1: Derivatives of polynomials and exponentials Sec. 3.2: The product and quotient rules |
2.10: 2,5,7,11,12,19,24,25,26 Chapter 2 concept check (pg 181): 15 3.1: 2,4,6,9,12,17,20,38,45,46,53,54,56,57 3.2: 2,4,6,12,19,20,27,31,32,35,36,38 |
| Oct 20 -- Oct 24 |
Sec. 3.4: Derivatives of trigonometric functions Sec. 3.5: The chain rule |
3.4: 1,2,3,7,8,17,18,26,27,33,34,35,38,39 3.5: 1,4,8,10,12,16,20,24,26,28,38,50,51 |
| Oct 27 -- Oct 31 |
Sec. 3.6: Implicit differentiation Sec. 3.7: Derivatives of logarithmic functions Sec. 3.8: Linear approximation and differentials |
3.6: 2,4,10,14,16,38,49,50,51 3.7: 2,4,6,8,18,23,28,31,32 Discovery project (pg 251): #1,2,4,6,8,11 3.8: 2,3,12,16,19,20 |
| Nov 3 -- Nov 7 |
Sec. 4.1: Related rates |
Chapter 3 true false (pg 258): 1,2,4,5,6,7,11 Labratory project (pg 257): 1,3,4 Focus on problem solving (pg 261): 1,4 4.1: 1,2,3,4,6,7,14,16,21,25,26,29 |
| Nov 10, 8:30-10:00 pm: Second midterm exam | ||
| Nov 10 -- Nov 14 |
Sec. 4.2: Maximum and minimum values Sec. 4.3: Derivatives and the shapes of curves |
4.2: 4,6,8,22,24,28,33,35,36,40,44,52 4.3: 2,6,8,11,16,18,26,38,42,45,46 |
| Nov 17 -- Nov 21 |
Sec. 4.5: Indeterminate forms and L'Hospital's rule Sec. 4.6: Optimization problems Sec 4.8: Newton's Method |
4.5: 1,2,4,6,10,12,22,30,32,34 4.6: 2,6,11,21,28,33,42 4.8: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,21,22,23,26 |
| Nov 24 -- Nov 26 |
Sec. 4.9: Antiderivatives Sec. 5.1: Areas and distances |
Chapter 4 concept check (pg 336): 1,2,3,4,9 Chapter 4 true false (pg 336): 1,2,3,5,7,8 Focus on problem solving (pg 340): 1 4.9: 4,8,14,20,24,36,38,50 5.1: 1,2,4,6,16,17,18 |
| Nov 27 -- Nov 28: Thanksgiving break: no classes | ||
| Dec 1 -- Dec 5 |
Sec. 5.2: The definite integral Sec. 5.3: Evaluating definite integrals |
5.2: 1,2,4,5,6,7,21,29,30,32,36,40,46 5.3: 1,4,8,13,14,18,23,29,30,49,52,58,61 |
| Dec 8 -- Dec 12 |
Sec. 5.4: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Sec 5.5: The Substitution Rule |
Discovery project (pg 379): 1,2,3,4 5.4: 2,4,6,8,10,12,20, 5.5: 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,27,28,37,38,50,51,55,56,57,58,62 |
| Dec 16, 11:00 am: Final exam | ||